Category: Airdrops & DeFi
The Art of De-Risking: A Mid-Curver’s Take on the Crypto Market
Are your legs shaking, anon? For those of you reading from the future, I’m writing this on a red day where most gamblers’ portfolios are down bad. Many speculate that it might be the end of the bull market. Instead of giving you my opinion on that, I’ll cover what has been consistent in the …
Liquidity Provision (LP) and Impermanent Loss (IL) Explained
Executing trades in a decentralized manner is completely different to placing orders on exchanges. Instead of relying on an order book, DEXs (decentralized exchanges) use liquidity pools and AMMs (automated market makers). In this post, I’ll explain how this work in a beginner-friendly way. Note: this is an educational post, not a recommendation. I’m not …
Liquid Staking Tokens vs Liquid Restaking Tokens (LST vs LRT)
If you recently started venturing the depths of DeFi, you might need help understanding LSTs and LRTs. In order to describe these intermediate concepts, we need to start at the beginning. This is a n00b-friendly introduction to liquid staking and liquid restaking. What is Proof of Stake? Proof of Stake (PoS) is a consensus mechanism …
$20k From Airdrops in a Week
I recently published a post on Airdrops, explaining how DeFi users can profit massively from them. I also predicted 2024 to be “the year of airdrops“ and it’s completely deserving of that title so far. Thus, I want to share my experience from the last 10 days so you can get a better idea how …
Airdrops I’m Hunting or Received (Big List for 2024)
If you’ve read my last post on airdrops, you’re probably interested in what I’m currently positioning for. This post contains a list of projects with confirmed or probable potential for airdrops. Remember: this is just your starting point. If you’re interested in any of the listed airdrops, make sure to DYOR and figure out how …
Airdrops – The Real 0 to $100k Opportunity
An Airdrop represents a distribution of free crypto to users’ addresses. These distributions may be worth up to 6 figures and oftentimes require no financial investment. However, they’re rarely announced or guaranteed. As a veteran in the DeFi space and a recipient of tens of airdrops, I want to shed some light on the process. …
Preparation for EigenLayer’s Restaking Unpause (Airdrop Opportunity ๐ช)
EigenLayer announced that they’re unpausing restaking on 29th of January. I already feel sufficiently exposed to EigenLayer’s contracts, but decided to do one last deposit. As they’re integrating new LSTs (liquid staked tokens), I spent some time evaluating which ones to use. If unfamiliar, I recommend learning about restaking, as it’s a completely new and revolutionary narrative …
5 Crypto Predictions for 2024
I always liked making predictions over a course of a year. And I especially like to be rewarded for being right when doing so. Here’s how I see 2024 playing out in the context of the cryptocurrency market: 1. Bitcoin ETF Approval in the US My prediction is that a spot Bitcoin ETF will be …